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Ebiga Jjamppong

Food & Beverage - Full ServiceFranchising since 2025Website
Investment
$337K – $585K
43rd pct Full Service
Avg revenue
57th pct Full Service
Royalty
4.0%
6th pct Full Service
Units
0
0th pct Full Service
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $337K – $585K including a $35K franchise fee, 4.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 75/100.
  • No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
EBIGA Food USA, Inc.
Parent company
EBIGAFOOD, Inc. (EBIGA Korea)
Incorporated in
California
HQ
5681 Beach Blvd., Ste 200, Buena Park, CA 90621
Auditor
Dow & Sohn CPAs
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$0
Most recent fiscal year

Yale framework · single-unit ROIC

Returns Analysis

Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.

The model · Yale framework

What would one EBIGA JJAMPPONG unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: generic
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $337K–$585K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $60K–$80K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

25%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$135K
EBITDA margin
18.0%
Total invested
$531K
Payback
47 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Overview

About

EBIGA JJAMPPONG appears to be a Korean jjamppong (spicy seafood noodle soup) restaurant concept. Franchisees would operate full-service or fast-casual dining locations, managing inventory of fresh seafood/noodles, food preparation, customer service, and daily operations. The business model likely involves tight food cost margins typical of Asian noodle concepts.

CEO
Seong Ku Byun
Founded
2025
FDD year
2025
States available
0

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$337K – $585K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$60K – $80K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$35K
Royalty
4.0%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
5.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
0
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
2023
0±0
Franchised units
2024
0
Franchised units
2025
0
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 5 states with active franchisees

The Territory Map

Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).

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Registered · 5 states
Not registered

States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.

Government records

SBA Loan Data

Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.

No SBA loan data available for this brand.

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

75
Risk · 0-100
CAUTION75 / 100

This is a pre-launch or severely undercapitalized franchise system with zero operating units, no financial performance data, and questionable corporate viability — representing extreme investment risk.

Score breakdown · what drove the 75 / 100 rating

  1. 01HIGHGoing concern status is FALSE — indicates potential financial instability or operational challenges at corporate level
  2. 02MINORZero existing franchise units with unknown growth trajectory — no proven system, no comparable unit economics, no franchisee success data
  3. 03MINORNo Item 19 financial disclosure (Avg Revenue/Net Income not provided) — impossible to validate ROI on $337k-$585k investment
  4. 04MINORHigh initial investment ($337k-$585k) paired with zero operating units creates extreme unproven business risk
  5. 05MINORFranchise appears to be pre-revenue or pre-launch stage with no demonstrable market validation
  6. 06MINOR5-year term is relatively short for capital recovery in food service, suggesting franchisor uncertainty
  7. 07HIGHNo litigation disclosure combined with going concern issues may indicate recent startup or restructuring

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Radius
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
California

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
14 hrs
On-the-job training
68 hrs

Item 20

Franchisee Contacts

Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.

Franchisee contacts

5 numbers

Locked
(212) 416-••••
NY
(317) 232-••••
IN
(360) 902-••••
WA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

EBIGA JJAMPPONG · FDD (2025) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above